Tie-plate.



PATENTBD JUNE 30, 1903. B. B. MOSS.

' TIE PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED H1B. z, 190s.

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Patented June 30, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

` BERTIE B. MOSS, OF PEKIN, INDIANA.

VTua-PLATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,424, dated June 30, 1903. 4 Y Application filed February 2, 1903'l Serial No. 141,600. (No model.)

To all whom t may con/cern;

Be it known that I, BEETIE B. Moss, of Pekin7 in the county of Washington and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Tie-Plates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which will enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make.

while simple in structure will by the inter-` vention of its parts prevent the shearingvof the spikes holding the tie -plate in position on the cross-ties when supporting rails on curves'and by its reinforcing action gives the full strength of both the inside and voutside spikes, thereby giving double strength to prevent the rails from spreading, and to that end my invention consists in the several novel features hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, D represents the base of the T-rail, the ball or head being cut away by sections through the web, as shown at E.

L is my tie-plate, formed in one piece of suitable material. It has the holes A for the reception of spikes when attached to the cross-tie.

C C are lips or bent-over portions adapted to receive and embrace the base of the rail. The edges of said bent-over portion are parallel with each other, so that the tie-plate can be attached to the rail by first applying the tie-plate with the outer edges of the bent-Over portion parallel with the edges of the base of the rail. The tie-plate is then turned tothe right or left, as the case may be, until it assumes a position as regards the rail, as shown in Fig. l. When constructing the tie-plate, several portions (six in this drawing) of the plate B are .forced below the general surface of the under side of the plate until they form sharp pyramidal elevations or spurs upon the under surface of the tie-plate, preferably rectly under the base of the rail, the purpose of these spurs being that they sink into the substance of the cross-tie when in position, and thereby hold the tie-plate tO a great extent from slipping on the cross-tie. The base of the rail is broken away at B in order to show one of these pyramidal elevations, showing, however, a'depressed shape when viewed, as in the drawings, from above.

A rail upon a curved track is exposed to lateral strain by passing trains. In the tieplatesheretofore used this strain is transmitted entirely to the spike on the Outer side of the curve used to hold the tie-plate in position. The result is that they arev often sheared off, and in consequence the rails spread. My device,by using the turned-down portion O C, prevents the shearing Off of the outside spikes and gives equal strain on both the inside and outside spike, thereby giving double strength to prevent the rails from spreading, and when used on both the inside and Outside rail on curves it gives double strength to prevent the outside rail from pulling away from the inside rail and pulling the cross-ties from under the saidA inside rail. The pyramidal elevations on the under side of the tie-plate by the pressure of the rails and of the trains passing over are sunk into the cross-tie, and thereby offering resistance to a lateral movement of the tie-plate and consequently a spreading of the rails.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A metallic tie-plate having inwardlyoverhanging lips at diametrically opposite corners and spurs projecting from the bottom of the middle body portion of the plate.

2. A metallic tie-plate having lips turned up and in at diametrically opposite corners, spike-holes at the other corners, and spurs projecting downwardly from the plate under the tread portion thereof. i

BERTIE B. MOSS.

Vitnesses:

GEORGE M. JOHNSON, ALFRED N. JOHNSON. 

